San Joaquin County Biographies
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CHARLOTTE SCOTT.
A worthy citizen of San Joaquin County who has resided here since 1912
is Mrs. Charlotte Scott, widow of Mark Scott, who passed away six years ago on
their home place of fifteen acres three miles south of Lodi. In maidenhood, Mrs.
Scott was Miss Charlotte Scarrow, a native, of Toronto, Canada, born June 6,
1859, a daughter of James and Abigail (Nelson) Scarrow. Both parents were
natives of England and while a young man James Scarrow settled in Canada, where
he followed his trade of carpenter. Mrs. Scott is the third in a family of ten
children and the only one residing in California. The other members of the
family are, Elizabeth residing at Calgary, Canada; Alma resides at Creemore,
Canada; Mary at Toronto; Emma; Nelson is a teacher in the University of Toronto;
Ellen resides at Creemore; George at Manitoba; Alice resides in Saskatchewan;
Charles is also a resident of Canada. Both parents lived to be about sixty-five
years old. Mrs. Scott received her education in the grammar and high schools of
Ontario, Canada.
On August 14, 1882, at Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., Miss Scarrow was
married to Mark Scott, a native of Montreal, Canada, a son of John and Jane
Scott. Mr. Scott received his education in the grammar and high schools of
Montreal and was one of nine children: Mary, Anna, Isaac, Jane, William, John,
Mark and Marion, twins, and Robert. Mr. Scott learned the carpenter trade and
worked at it until his marriage, then he engaged in farming for six and a half
years in Canada; the family then removed to Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., where
they farmed for the following seven years; then they removed to Mitchell, S. D.,
where they bought a quarter-section of land in that vicinity and farmed for six
and a half years. The family then returned to Michigan and engaged in the dairy
business for a number of years. Seventeen years ago the family removed to the
state of Washington and settled at College Place, near Walla Walla, where they
had an apple and cherry ranch until 1912, when they came to California and
purchased a fifteen-acre ranch under the Stockton�Mokelumne irrigation ditch
three miles south of Lodi. Ten acres of this ranch is in a Tokay vineyard and
the remaining four acres in an orchard of peaches, plums and cherries. Mr. Scott
was not long permitted to enjoy California, for he passed away four years after
taking up his residence in San Joaquin County. Mr. and Mrs. Scott were the
parents of eight children: Mrs. Abbie Woodhall, Mrs. Fannie Roberts, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Flower, all residing in Walla Walla, Wash.; Lottie resides at home;
Fred lives in Los Angeles; Wesley resides in Berkeley; Alma lives on the old
home place, and Russel is at home with his mother. Four years ago. Mrs. Scott
moved to Lodi and makes her residence at 215 Tokay Street. She is a Republican
in politics and an active member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Lodi.
History of San Joaquin County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co.,
1923
p 1544
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler.